van stolen -metro detroit

[johnr]

Hi all. So, if you live in the metro detroit area and see an old silver caravan with a 910 sticker on the back of it, call the police. I really want my sticker back. Oh , and that full tank of gas i just put in.

[vivek16]

do you know the license plate number? That could be helpful. What make of van is it?

-Vivek

[EricH]

Originally Posted by vivek16

What make of van is it?

The Caravan is (was) made by Dodge, IIRC.

[tdlrali]

Hope you find it... did you contact the police?

Our trailer was broken into about a year back... the only thing they stole was our brand-new laptop. Since it was worth less than the deductible on the insurance we didn't even report it >.<

[johnr]

Van recovered. Sticker totaled along with van.

[Qbranch]

Originally Posted by johnr

Van recovered. Sticker totaled along with van.

Dude that sucks... did insurance pay anything?

tdlrali: Yeah our van got broken into in Washington DC once... they took a CB radio, a GPS, a portable xm radio... but the deductible was barely less than the total. Insurance sucks.

-q

[Mike AA]

Was the full tank of gas ok?

-Mike AA

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by johnr

Sticker totaled along with van.

We have the technology...we can rebuild that sticker, even better than before.
Bummer about the van though, some doofus wanted a joyride and it leaves you without wheels, it's not just.

[JaneYoung]

I was driving a rental car this weekend with a GPS unit bolted in. When I wanted to leave the car and go into the hotel for the night, I couldn't figure out how to remove it. I made sure I parked in front under a great big light. The next morning there was a nice warning attached to my driver's window by the police reminding me to take all my valuables with me when I left the car. I called the # on the GPS system and asked - how - I could remove the system and the guy said, "you can't - it's bolted in." Yup.

So - I covered it with a well-used wrinkled fast food bag that had golden arches on it for the next couple of days. Other than setting off the alarm system, it worked like a charm. I didn't get any more warnings from the police and no one took the system.

Please note that I don't encourage anyone to stick a paper bag on top of a GPS system and call it safe because it isn't. The word, removable, would play a helpful role here, methinks.

[johnr]

Hold on one second. You actually had police give you a warning to help you out. What fantasy land was this? I'm moving.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by johnr

Hold on one second. You actually had police give you a warning to help you out. What fantasy land was this? I'm moving.

Yup, I was pretty impressed.

[FoleyEngineer]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

So - I covered it with a well-used wrinkled fast food bag that had golden arches on it for the next couple of days. Other than setting off the alarm system, it worked like a charm. I didn't get any more warnings from the police and no one took the system.

That does it John. When you get your next van, you'll need to cover it with "well-used wrinkled fast food bags" and they'll never figure it out! I'd start saving them right now if I was you!